Hamburgers for four? That'll be $28.88...

UNAUTHORIZED STOP.

December 24, 1986

STUTTGART, WEST GERMANY — UNAUTHORIZED STOP. Hamburgers for four? That'll be $28.88 each. The U.S. Army charged four helicopter pilots that much for stopping near a fast food restaurant in Bavaria. ''It's unauthorized to deviate from their flight plans, which they file from point A to point B, so the pilots were administratively disciplined,'' an Army spokesman said. The charge was figured on ''how much it costs per hour for two Cobras to leave and return to their filed flight paths,'' he said.